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This week, the IAM hosted the Japanese Federation of Aviation Workers’ Unions (KOHKUREN) at IAM Headquarters. The visit was part of the IAM’s continuing alliance with our Japanese brothers and sisters in the air transport industry. During the meeting, KOHKUREN representatives explained the recently filed International Labour Organization (ILO) complaint concerning the bankruptcy-related dismissals of over
Read moreIn an op-ed published in the Washington Post, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Hilda Solis reflects on the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that claimed the lives of 146 women and children in New York City, its effect on the labor movement and why the need for unions is just as
Read moreNew members of the MNPL Planning Committee are sworn in by GST Warren Mart at this year’s annual Planning Committee Meeting in Albuquerque, NM. With the fallout from the 2010 midterm elections still poisoning the political landscape in more than a dozen states, members of the 2011 MNPL Planning Committee are meeting in Albuquerque, NM,
Read moreThe IAM is urging members and local leaders to contact their Representatives during this week’s Congressional recess to ask them to vote “YES” on an amendment to maintain fair National Mediation Board (NMB) union voting rules for aviation and railroad workers. Hidden deep in the FAA Reauthorization bill (HR 658) is a provision that would
Read moreAs predicted, there were an estimated 28.4 million “upsets” in UCubed’s “Marching to Madness” unemployment bracket tournament. Out of the top 64 metropolitan areas, the city of Fresno, CA, recorded the highest unemployment rating with a whopping 17.2 percent! Las Vegas, NV, followed with 14.9 percent. “It makes you wonder how policymakers can simply
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